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Philippines Senior National Team Thread Vol. V

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Stevy said:
PBA tweaks schedule anew to let TNT core join Gilas Pilipinas in Fiba windows

https://sports.inquirer.net/465115/...tnt-core-join-gilas-pilipinas-in-fiba-windows

The Philippine Basketball Association has tweaked its schedule in the upcoming Philippine Cup to allow the TNT Tropang Giga to field its core when it is needed for international competitions.

“We’ve moved TNT’s games earlier in the conference to give them time to prepare and participate in the Fiba windows,” PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said Thursday during the league’s media day at Novotel in Cubao.

According to Marcial, the PBA has spoken to Gilas Pilipinas program director Chot Reyes to discuss and accommodate the needs of the national team for international competitions, including the coming Fiba windows.

Marcial’s statement came at the heels of the announcement by the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas that Gilas consultant Nenad Vucinic will handle the team that will participate in the Fiba third window slated in New Zealand.

The Philippines will play the Kiwis and India in that window.

The SBP has also released an 18-man pool for the national squad, which does not include any PBA player.

Marcial, however, said the league is prepared in the event that the arrangement with the national program will remain the same despite the appointment of the new coach.

“If they need a hybrid squad that includes the TNT core, we are already ready for that,” Marcial said that.

Does this mean we will get key players (Kib, Pogoy, Rosario) after the third window? Hehehe
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Aye, PBA presents itself in this situation. There goes the H-epals again. Hopefully, no more pba players.
 
JAMSKIE said:
Erram would be ok since we only have Kouame & Geo Chiu as our natural centers. But no more Pogoy & Troy, please!
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I would prefer the young bloods carl/balti/kikiam coz they could switch 4-5 positions.
I couldn’t find erram as effective player in international games. He’s Not mobile and couldn’t attack the baskets. Most of his offense is outside shooting.
 
I think only Erram and Kib should make the final 12 and the only reason Im adding Kib is if one of RJ and SJ gets injured, it would be nice to have another PG.
 
Sikatrix said:
I think only Erram and Kib should make the final 12 and the only reason Im adding Kib is if one of RJ and SJ gets injured, it would be nice to have another PG.
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Gilas still have dwight to play at 1 spot.
 
Sikatrix said:
I think only Erram and Kib should make the final 12 and the only reason Im adding Kib is if one of RJ and SJ gets injured, it would be nice to have another PG.
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I don't see Kib competing against better teams. They should have brought in other PGs really, Jerom, LJ or Mamuyac. Erram would be nice as he is the 2nd best defensive big, after Japeth. As backup C he would be a big help. He will also allow Balti to start.
 
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Rds said:
I don't see Kib competing against better teams. They should have brought in other PGs really, Jerom, LJ or Mamuyac. Erram would be nice as he is the 2nd best defensive big, after Japeth. As backup C he would be a big help. He will also allow Balti to start.
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He’s lousy defender during the feb qualifiers. That’s just my observation if you still want to add pba guys.
 
mapuakid said:
He’s lousy defender during the feb qualifiers. That’s just my observation if you still want to add pba guys.
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Yes he was not that good last time. But his previous international stints and his PBA games show he is a decent post defender with some rim protection. Plus he will play with Balti, Tamayo and KQiam. These guys are longer and quicker than who he played with last time. Chiu will just be outrun or PNRd to death by Korea. While KQiam will be too small to be a rim protector or to defend against Ratliffe.
 
no need for any TNT core to add to college core. sounds like a PR move by PBA/confusion on who the program director really is/just plain disinformation
 
Stevy said:
Might be BS especially from Homer but I hope it's true

https://twitter.com/HomerSayson/status/1532330436264960002

Multiple sources told me coach Tab Baldwin is set to reclaim his post as program director for Gilas.

Which explains why his close ally, Nenad Vucinic, was recently tapped to coach the third window of the 2023 FIBA Asian Cup qualifiers.
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If true, SBP must exploit this. Give him a free hand in the youth program, and then have him mentor the promising coaches here in the Philippines.
 
just my opinion, Tab's preference is to stay as Ateneo coach and report to Ateneo stakeholders (whoever that may be) rather than report to the toxic SBP federation and whoever the stakeholders control the federation. Tab is of retiring age he has nothing to prove and values other things in life (as corny as it may sound he likes teaching basketball to kids and being involved in their lives as a person. independent of having to deal with all the political crap...
 
DAdmiral said:
just my opinion, Tab's preference is to stay as Ateneo coach and report to Ateneo stakeholders (whoever that may be) rather than report to the toxic SBP federation and whoever the stakeholders control the federation. Tab is of retiring age he has nothing to prove and values other things in life (as corny as it may sound he likes teaching basketball to kids and being involved in their lives as a person. independent of having to deal with all the political crap...
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Well he has something to prove... in the UAAP
 
DAdmiral said:
just my opinion, Tab's preference is to stay as Ateneo coach and report to Ateneo stakeholders (whoever that may be) rather than report to the toxic SBP federation and whoever the stakeholders control the federation. Tab is of retiring age he has nothing to prove and values other things in life (as corny as it may sound he likes teaching basketball to kids and being involved in their lives as a person. independent of having to deal with all the political crap...
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Sir Dave, I think it’s really tantamount that CTB must be involve in our U Program if the purpose is to be with kids, being a senior citizen he already mentioned that too much travelling doesn’t entice him that much nowadays because his old bones and joints are aching here and there especially during long travels and that’s a reality. Now offering him a front office job as a Program Director( I hope permanently) is a good move on the part of SBP to save faces in the eyes of the public considering so many blunders one after the other we’ve seen so far from their corporate minded guys who moonlighting as a basketball officials, which we know doesn’t really click the way it should be( it’s always the principle of the tubig at langis thing). Besides coach Tab really loves it here not only because basketball is a like a staple food on the table but also the weather which is a good place to retire he and his wife’s old bodies..Whew I remember the late Ron Jacobs who had the same purpose as well to choose this country as his last stopover.
 
The thing though with the youth program is it's a temporary thing for like 1 month prep before a tournament, rather than a honest to goodness full time academy environment like Ateneo .
Tab cannot teach and impart life long skills on short term basis .
 
DAdmiral said:
The thing though with the youth program is it's a temporary thing for like 1 month prep before a tournament, rather than a honest to goodness full time academy environment like Ateneo .
Tab cannot teach and impart life long skills on short term basis .
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24 year olds shouldnt really be academy though.
 
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